[Digikam-users] Refocus: Do you want to try digiKam and/or showFoto on Ubuntu but you are running Windows have a look at this.

[sleepless]

Op 02-09-11 09:29, sleepless schreef:
> Do you want to try digiKam and/or showFoto on Ubuntu but you are 
> running Windows have a look at this.
>
> Supposed you are not planning to change to Linux, or to make a dual 
> boot system, you can have a virtual Ubuntu running digikam on your 
> computer.
>
>
>
>
> Download from here:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
>
> Choose VirtualBox (VB) for your host and download
>
> double click on the downloaded file to install
>
> Install Ubuntu in your VB
>
> Open the VB Manager
>
> Open Setting
>
> Open Shared Folders
>
> click the plus sign
>
> choose the folder or drive from windows that you want to acces in ubuntu
>
> give it a nice easy name and remember well ex. MY_WIN_DRV
>
> select auto mount
>
> start Ubuntu
>
> Select in the upper menubar from VB devices
>
> Select install host additions
>
> Follow the instructions
>
> If done shut down Ubuntu
>
> Shut down Virtual Box
>
> Open the Virtual Box again
>
> Select The Ubuntu image
>
> click on the green arrow to start
>
> Go in your Ubuntu application menu
>
> look for Terminal and open it
>
> Once in terminal type:
>
> cd / (mind the forward slashes (you have been a windows user 
> accustomed to backward slashes)
>
> cd mnt
>
> sudo mkdir MY_WIN_DRV
>
> sudo mount -t vboxsf MY_WIN_DRV MY_WIN_DRV
>
> Now type in terminal "nautilus" (without the quotes)
>
> click filesystem
> click mnt
> click MY_WIN_DRV
>
> There is all your stuff from your windows drive.
>
> (Take care: if you did some nasty thing to the files, they are gone in 
> windows too, if you go there.)
>
> Now goto Applications->Ubuntu Software Center
>
> type in search field: digiKam or showFoto
>
> select and install.
>
> If you want to try a newer version goto 
> http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/621
>
> for further details.
>
> If problems occur, ask the list for help.
>
> Good luck,
> Rinus
>
> If someone could add the instructions that apply to the actual 
> installation of Ubuntu in the Virtual Machine, it would be nice.
> I used an old image to set this up, so I have no recent experience 
> doing the real install. That causes the omission in this how to.
>
>
>
> Note:
> jdd brougt this forward:
> /*did you validate the hardware virtual flag in the bios? most modern 
> computers have it now. */
>
> This is an important thing to do to make your virtualBox run more 
> smoothly. Look in your bios documentation, how to do it.
> If you are on windows, what you are supposed to, if you read this
> you may download here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx
> a tool to check if hardware virtualization is available on your computer.
/*
 From this remark from Vlado:
> Rinus, in one of your mails from yesterday you ask if I had the
> "hardware virtual flag" activated in the BIOS. I think I had to
> activate it, so I could run a 64 bit Windows 7 in VirtualBox.
I understand that he doubts if it makes any difference in this case.

*/
>
>
/*
New important info brought forward by Paul Verizo
> My experience shows Virtual Box to have no glaringly obvious speed 
> differences compared to native.  One reason might be the default RAM 
> allocated in VB is rather small, 300-500kb.  I set all VB 
> installations at 1 GB or better, especially since I want to run a 
> certain graphics program on it. 

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